The Game

The Game

The Game

The Game

HintHunt® is a new simple and fun live escape game, designed for small groups of 3-5 people. You get 60 minutes to climb a mountain of puzzles and mysteries in a tiny room. The goal is simple yet challenging: get out in time! Else ... you could be trapped inside forever! During this engaging and challenging game team members truly live and breathe in union for an hour.

Family & Friends

5 brains, 60 minutes, 200 square feet – use ‘em wisely! HintHunt is a fresh & brainy pulse raiser for any small circle of friends or families. Going to the movies is so last decade. Come HintHuntin’ & be the hero instead!

Team Buildings

Need a 60 minute instant team building event? HintHunt delivers. Packed full of creative & problem solving challenges, this game is a fresh & fun choice for corporate entertainment.

Gamers & Geeks

So you have the smarts for solving puzzles and cracking codes? Maybe you’re a pro at online escape games? Come test your skills offline! HintHunt will definitely challenge you.

Students & Classes

Inside school what you need is focus. Outside you need euphoria. This game will bring both to the table. Come and achieve your natural high with this simple yet challenging game!

Booking

Booking

Booking

Booking

To check our schedule, make a reservation or buy a gift voucher for HintHunt, please use the BOOK NOW button below.

FAQ

FAQ

FAQ

FAQ

In case you have any question about the game, please browse the sections below and let us know if you haven't found your answer!We have grouped the most relevant information into 3 main categories and we are constantly adding more info!

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The Basics

How many? What size? How old? When and why? How much? If you’d like to learn more about group sizes, room dimensions, prices & age limits … this section must have your answer! However if you can’t find it, please don’t hesitate to drop us a line!

HintHunt Rooms

HintHunt has 5 game rooms at the moment. There are 3 identical instances of a detective challenge called “JM’s Office”, plus we have 2 identical "Zen Rooms" with a Japanese flavour. The concept is the same for all five (60 minutes escape challenge).

Regarding the size of the rooms - we’d like to keep the mystery around it, but none of them are too tiny or too big (imagine around 10 square metres with minimal furniture). Claustrophobic people have been playing HintHunt without a problem – but certainly we can instantly help, should any kind of emergency arise.

Team sizes

Minumim 3 – maximum 5 people can play in each room. We have tested both ends of these limits – in case of duos the game might become too complicated to enjoy and above 5 the place becomes too crowded, so please stick to the advised team sizes of 3, 4 or 5.

… what if it’s just the 2 of us?

We wouldn’t want to be too demanding about the team size, but it is good to know before booking that with only 2 people the game becomes a bit too difficult, which might spoil the fun part. Therefore we usually advise people to bring at least 3 members play HintHunt. Certainly, if you decide to take this risk and willing to pay the HH Minimum fee of £66 (off-peak), we’ll do everything we can to make the most of your game experience.

Gift vouchers

If you’d like to give the game experience as a gift to your friends or relatives, HintHunt’s gift voucher is the answer. If you’d like to buy one, please visit HintHunt’s booking page. The gift vouchers are valid for 6 months (more precisely: vouchers must be redeemed for a HintHunt game that takes place within 180 days after purchase date).

Age limits

The minimum age of HintHunt is 9 years if coming with parents or 15 in case no adults are around. The main reason of this limit is the complexity of the game. (It’s also good to know that expecting women have enjoyed HintHunt many times before – no scary stuff or physical excercise is expected during the game.)

Bookings

If you’d like to simply reserve one game, please use our booking system to find an appropriate slot.

If you feel like bringing more friends and would like to book more rooms at the same time, please turn to our booking system and look for parallel availabilities in 2 or more of our rooms. You’ll see a 15 minute time-shift between the timetables, but we can make sure all your teams start together if the bookings are under the same name. (Usually combining the same games creates the most popular experience, mainly because of its exciting competition atmosphere – but certainly you can combine JM's Office and Zen Room bookings as well, especially if the groups have several returning visitors.)

Timing

When the big day arrives and you come to HintHunt with your friends, families or colleagues – please try to arrive on time for the game. Games and instructions are rotating constantly and the reception has limited space so early birdies might need to wait outside, while late birds might cause delays for other teams. Which is not cool.

The effective game time will be 60 minutes, however we need a couple of minutes before each session to do the instructions.

Pricing

HintHunt ticket prices start from £17 per person (excl. VAT) and vary depending on team sizes and peak times. Please have a look at our booking site to find out more.

Please also be aware that HintHunt is a live event and therefore once the booking is confirmed, refunds, cancellations or reschedules are not accepted.

Corporate Events

We’re glad you’ve found HintHunt and considering it as a team building activity! To ease your decision we’ve gathered the most important information below, but please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any further question!

Benefits

In this 60-minute instant activity we call HintHunt, team members have the opportunity to work on a mini escape project. During the game they quickly & playfully assign their own roles & responsibilities while indirectly practicing both individual & team thinking.

Teams need to truly live and breathe in union for that one hour to achieve their goal and full focus is both essential and guaranteed by the end of the project. And all this happens without any tricky instructors present!

How? Well, we simply lock up a handful of people (3 to 5) into a small space, that looks like just a normal room at first sight. However, it is a smartly designed environment where the captives need to really open their eyes and start combining their smarts to discover many hidden objects, codes, keys, riddles and clues that will help them complete their simple final goal: escaping the room in 60 minutes!

Basics

HintHunt has 5 game rooms at the moment and at least 3, but maximum 5 people can play in each room. Three rooms are identical detective themed rooms (called “JM’s office”), the other 2 are Japanese style mystery rooms (they are called “The Zen Room”).

The effective game time is 60 minutes, however we need an extra hour around each game (for the instructions before the game & to prepare the rooms for the next round after each HintHunt).

Events

For office day outs we usually suggest rotating groups of 10-15 people who can play the same HintHunt challenge in parallel in the 3 John Monroe rooms. The atmosphere and excitement around the live competition seems to create the best experience.

Accessibility

We’ve been gathering the answers around accessibility related questions in this section – please let us know if you miss anything, we’re constantly adding new information!

HintHunt Rooms

Most of the HintHunt fun requires brainwork & team thinking in the first place, however there are some smaller physical parts of the game – so it is advised to have at least one member in the team without mobility problems. The game rooms are spacious enough to access with crutches, however the surfaces and the game venue’s size are not proper for wheelchair users. Two of our JM rooms are located on the ground floor and is accessible without any stairs, while the 3 other game rooms are downstairs (no elevator is available to these rooms).

The game venue does play background music & also sound effects to alert the players about electronic hints. (There is no hearing assistance system during the game – therefore at least one member is advised to play without hearing problems.) The lighting level is medium in all game rooms & reception.

Please let us know of your specific requirements when booking your tickets in order to make best HintHunt experience.